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Real-Time Detection and Mixing State of Methanesulfonate in Single Particles at an Inland Urban Location during a Phytoplankton Bloom CASSANDRA J. GASTON,† K E R R I A . P R A T T , ‡,§ X U E Y I N G Q I N , ‡,| A N D K I M B E R L Y A . P R A T H E R * ,†,‡ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) (1). Sulfate enhances the scattering and cloud forming potential of aerosols making it of particular climatic importance (2). In Riverside, CA, sulfate comprises up to 13-20% of the mass of particles ranging in size from 0.1-2.5 µm (3). Sulfate derives from the oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO2) forming sulfuric acid (H2SO4), which condenses onto particles; sources of sulfate include both anthropogenic (4) and biogenic sources with the most important biogenic sulfate source being the oxidation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) (5, 6). DMS is produced from the enzymatic cleavage of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a compound produced by oceanic phytoplankton (5, 6). A simplified reaction scheme of DMS oxidation adopted from Hopkins et al. (2008) and von Glasow and Crutzen (2004) is shown below (7, 8).

Received July 10, 2009. Revised manuscript received December 7, 2009. Accepted December 16, 2009.

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), produced by oceanic phytoplankton, is oxidized to form methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and sulfate, which influence particle chemistry and hygroscopicity. Unlike sulfate, MSA has no known anthropogenic source making it a useful tracer for ocean-derived biogenic sulfur. Despite numerous observations of MSA, predominately in marine environments, the production pathways of MSA have remained elusive highlighting the need for additional measurements, particularly at inland locations. During the Study of Organic Aerosols in Riverside, CA from July-August 2005, MSA was detected in submicrometer and supermicrometer particles using real-time, single-particle mass spectrometry. MSA was detected due to blooms of DMS-producing organisms along the California coast. The detection of MSA depended on both the origin of the sampled air mass as well as the concentration of oceanic chlorophyll present. MSA was mainly mixed with coastally emitted particle types implying that partitioning of MSA occurred before transport to Riverside. Importantly, particles containing vanadium had elevated levels of MSA compared to particles not containing vanadium, suggesting a possible catalytic role of vanadium in MSA formation. This study demonstrates how anthropogenic, metal-containing aerosols can enhance the atmospheric processing of biogenic emissions, which needs to be considered when modeling coastal as well as urban locations.

1. Introduction Aerosols contribute significantly to climate change by directly scattering and absorbing incoming solar radiation and by * Corresponding author phone: (858) 822-5312; fax: (858) 5347042; e-mail: [email protected]. † Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. ‡ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego. § Current Address: Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 USA. | Current Address: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS 66612 USA. 1566

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Sulfate formation from DMS primarily derives from the OH-abstraction pathway (4, 7) leading to sulfate formation on pre-existing particles or the homogeneous nucleation of particles, which act as a new source of CCN potentially increasing cloud droplet number (7, 9). Organosulfur compounds such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), methanesulfinic acid (MSIA), and methanesulfonic acid (MSA), as well as other products, are also produced from DMS oxidation via the OH-addition pathway. DMSO primarily condenses onto preexisting particles and droplets where oxidation to form the intermediate MSIA and the more stable product, MSA, takes place; aqueous phase processing enhances the kinetics of these oxidation processes (4, 7, 10). MSA can also be oxidized in the condensed phase leading to the formation of additional sulfate; however, this is slower and less efficient than the OH-abstraction pathway (4, 10). Since condensation and aqueous phase processing is favored over nucleation, organosulfur compounds are not known to act as a new source of CCN (4, 7, 9). Because of the opposing influence that different sulfur compounds can have on cloud droplet number, it is important to distinguish between these species to understand their formation and evolution in atmospheric aerosols. Previous measurements of DMS oxidation products, primarily sulfate and MSA, typically used off-line bulk analysis techniques. These measurements revealed that particle mass concentrations of both sulfate and MSA peak during the summer, and the ratio of the two species depends on factors such as temperature, cloudiness, NOx concentrations, and contributions from anthropogenic sulfate (7, 11–13). Because sulfate has anthropogenic and biogenic sources, MSA is also measured alone as an indicator of biogenic sulfur. Using on-line instrumentation, Phinney et al. (2006) and Zorn et al. (2008) quantified MSA at sea using an aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) showing diurnal trends in particulate MSA concentrations and correlations with oceanic biological activity demonstrating the importance of real-time mea10.1021/es902069d

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surements (14, 15). Single particle observations of the mixing state of MSA-containing particles have primarily shown MSA to be in the form of sodium and ammonium salts (7, 16). While each of these studies has contributed significantly to our understanding of the conditions when MSA formation occurs, the impact of intense oceanic blooms on MSA and sulfate concentrations at inland locations remains unexplored. A number of important questions exist with regard to MSA in inland urban locations: (i) How much of a contribution does biogenic sulfur make to urban aerosols during periods of high biological oceanic activity?; (ii) What degree of interaction occurs between ocean-derived biogenic emissions and anthropogenic aerosols?; (iii) How is MSA distributed within individual particles? The goal of this work is to shed further light on these questions by performing real-time, single-particle measurements of MSA-containing aerosols at an inland urban environment. During the summer of 2005 as part of the Study of Organic Aerosols in Riverside, CA (SOAR-1), real-time mass spectrometry measurements detected individual, ambient aerosols with MSA. Furthermore, co-located AMS measurements corroborated the presence of organosulfur species (MSA) during SOAR-1 (17). The summer Riverside aerosol showed the largest impacts from the ocean when daily westerly winds transported coastal emissions across the Los Angeles (LA) Basin to Riverside (18). In the summer of 2005, intense blooms of L. polyedrum prevailed off the coast of southern California (19). Because dinoflagellate species of phytoplankton such as L. polyedrum are known to produce high concentrations of DMSP and DMSO (20), SOAR-1 was influenced by anomalously high concentrations of ocean-derived biogenic sulfur. Single-particle, size-resolved chemistry and diurnal trends of MSA are used herein to elucidate the influence of elevated ocean-derived biological activity on aerosol chemistry at an inland urban location.

2. Experimental Section During SOAR-1, ambient measurements were made on the University of California, Riverside campus, approximately 60 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean from July 30-August 15, 2005 (http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/Field/ Riverside05/). Meteorological parameters including wind direction, wind speed, and relative humidity (RH) were measured at the site. Chlorophyll data, which serves as a proxy for oceanic biological activity, was obtained from the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) (http://www.sccoos.org) from the Newport Beach station at approximately 33.6°N, 117.9°W. Data was also obtained from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Pier at 32.87°N, 117.3°W to supplement data from the Newport Beach station by illustrating the high levels of biological activity off the California coast from a historical perspective since this station has measured chlorophyll for roughly 20 years. Data from the Newport Beach station is used for direct comparison of chlorophyll concentrations with the detection of MSA based on the air mass back trajectories, which indicate that the air masses traveled closer to this station than the SIO Pier station before reaching Riverside, thus providing a more accurate proxy of biological activity. Surface chlorophyll concentrations were measured twice per week at the SIO Pier, and concentrations at ∼3 m depth were measured every 4 min using automated sensors at both the SIO Pier and the Newport Beach stations. All data are presented in Pacific Standard Time (PST), one hour behind local time. The size-resolved chemical composition of individual particles was obtained in real-time using an aerosol timeof-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) with a size range of 0.2-3.0 µm. The ATOFMS has been described in detail elsewhere (21). Briefly, particles are sampled through a

converging nozzle where they enter a differentially pumped vacuum region causing the particles to be accelerated to their terminal velocity. The particles next enter a light scattering region consisting of two continuous-wave lasers (532 nm) located at a fixed distance from one another. The time required to traverse these two lasers is correlated to the terminal velocity of the particle; the velocity is converted to an aerodynamic diameter by calibrating with polystyrene latex spheres of a known size. A 266 nm Nd:YAG laser desorbs and ionizes species from individual particles producing both positive and negative ions that are analyzed in a dual-polarity time-of-flight mass spectrometer. A software toolkit, YAADA, was used to import ion peak lists into MATLAB (The MathWorks) allowing for the analysis of ATOFMS data (22). Searches for MSA-containing particles, characterized by an intense peak at m/z -95 (CH3SO3-) (23, 24), were performed by selecting a peak area of 300 or above for m/z -95. Fresh sea salt particles produce NaCl2cluster ions at m/z -93, -95, and -97 (25), which could interfere with the assignment of m/z -95 to MSA. However, almost all of the detected sea salt particles (>99%) were aged as indicated by the strong presence of nitrate and sulfate that heterogeneously displaced chloride (26) allowing for the unambiguous assignment of m/z -95 to MSA. The detected mass spectra were then analyzed using a clustering algorithm (ART-2a), which groups particles together based on mass spectral similarities (27). ART-2a was run separately for submicrometer (0.2-1.0 µm) and supermicrometer (1.0-3.0 µm) particles. Using ART-2a with a vigilance factor of 0.8, over 90% of MSA-containing particles and over 80% of nonMSA-containing particles were classified into 50 distinct clusters, providing a representative view of the aerosol composition during the study. Naming schemes for the particle types presented in this work are based on previous work (18, 28, 29) and discussed in detail in the Supporting Information. Peak identifications within this paper correspond to the most probable ions for a given m/z ratio. The particle types observed were aged organic carbon (Aged OC), aged sea salt, amines, Ca-containing, dust, elemental carbon (EC), elemental carbon mixed with organic carbon (ECOC), ECOC and EC mixed with inorganic species (Inorganic ECOC and Inorganic EC, respectively), biomass burning (KCombustion), NH4-containing, vanadium from combustion sources (OC-V-sulfate), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).

3. Results and Discussion Temporal Trends of MSA-containing Particles and Biological Activity. ATOFMS measurements during SOAR-1 indicate that up to ∼67% of the submicrometer (0.2-1.0 µm) and up to ∼33% of supermicrometer (1.0-3.0 µm) particles by number contained MSA. The average negative ion mass spectrum for a representative MSA-containing particle type, shown in Figure S1 of the Supporting Information, clearly shows a distinct ion marker at m/z -95 indicative of MSA. In Figure 1a, the fractions of all submicrometer and supermicrometer particles containing MSA and chlorophyll concentrations taken from the Newport Beach station at 3 m depth from July 30-August 15, 2005 are shown. The inset in Figure 1a shows 48-h HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories (30) representative of those occurring over the duration of the study in addition to the locations of the two automated stations collecting chlorophyll data. A comparison of the data collected at the two automated stations can be found in the Supporting Information (see Figure S2). Three main air mass trajectory patterns were observed with transport times estimated from HYSPLIT ranging from ∼8 h to longer than a day (18, 30): (i) “Coastal” occurred between July 30-August 9 and resumed August 12-15 with sampled air masses originating from the Pacific Ocean northwest of LA traversing VOL. 44, NO. 5, 2010 / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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FIGURE 1. (a) Time series showing the fraction of MSA-containing submicrometer (red line) and supermicrometer (blue line) particles during SOAR-1 and chlorophyll concentrations (green line) taken from the Newport Beach station (33.6°N, 117.9°W) at 3 m depth. Gaps in chlorophyll data occur from August 2-4. Inset shows typical HYSPLIT 48-h back trajectories for air masses arriving to the sampling site during different time periods (“Coastal” (purple line), “Open Ocean” (orange line), and “Inland/Stagnant” (green line)) in addition to the locations of the automated chlorophyll stations. Each trajectory is taken at 500 m altitude, and each point on the trajectory corresponds to a 12-h increment. (b) Time series showing the corresponding wind speed (black line) and direction (pink line). near the Newport Beach station before arriving to Riverside, (ii) “Open Ocean” occurred August 9-10 and originated further from the coast toward the open ocean, and (iii) “Inland/Stagnant” occurred August 10-12 with limited oceanic transport resulting in an observed decrease in the fraction of MSA-containing particles on August 10 as shown in Figure 1a. Additionally, Figure 1b shows the corresponding wind speed and direction during this time period. Comparison of the time series in Figure 1, parts a and b, shows a strong diurnal trend with fractions of MSA-containing particles increasing ∼6-8 h following the onset of westerly winds and increased wind speed during coastal transport conditions, as verified by HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories (e.g., 7/30-8/9 as shown in Figure 1a). Day-to-day variations can, thus, be explained, in part, by changes in meteorological conditions. In addition to meteorology, oceanic biological activity also influenced the observed fractions of MSA-containing particles. On August 12, the air masses follow the “Coastal” trajectory; however, in contrast to July 30-August 9, the fractions of MSA remain low (Figure 1a). This is attributed to an observed decrease in oceanic chlorophyll concentrations to e5 µg/L (Figure 1a), which followed the end of the major phytoplankton bloom on August 11 (17). Prior to this, diurnal spikes in both the fraction of MSA-containing particles and chlorophyll concentrations were observed with daily chlorophyll concentrations typically reaching up to ∼25-30 µg/L. Similar spikes in chlorophyll were observed from the 1568

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same depth at the SIO Pier in La Jolla, CA. At the same time, surface chlorophyll concentrations measured twice per week at the SIO Pier reached as high as ∼200 µg/L. Analysis of 18 years of surface chlorophyll measured at the SIO Pier yields an average of 2.5 µg/L with a maximum of 218.95 µg/L (31) indicating that anomalously high levels of biological activity were occurring off the coast of California during SOAR-1 resulting in the detection of large number fractions of MSAcontaining particles, as shown herein. Furthermore, we speculate that some of the MSA detected in Riverside could oxidize completely impacting sulfate levels at locations further inland; however, no measurements were made at these locations. The contribution of biogenic sulfur during summer has been established for several coastal locations (11–13); however, these are the first real-time, single-particle measurements of MSA at an inland location during a period of intense biological activity establishing how oceanic biological activity could impact both MSA and, potentially, sulfate levels at an inland urban location in California under the proper meteorological conditions. This is significant due to the interest in sorting out the major sources of sulfate in California and determining the relative proportions from anthropogenic sources (i.e., ships, heavy duty diesel vehicles) versus biogenic sources (i.e., oceanic biological activity). Single-Particle Mixing State of MSA-Containing Particles. Riverside is impacted by local sources including vehicle exhaust and nearby Chino dairy farms, which contribute to ammonium, nitrate, carbonaceous, and amine concentra-

FIGURE 2. MSA-containing particle types plotted as a function of size. Submicrometer (0.2-1.0 µm) particles are plotted in 0.05 µm bins while supermicrometer (1.0-3.0 µm) particles are plotted in 0.1 µm bins. tions; in addition, transported particle types from the LA coast provide a source of ocean-derived aerosol species and additional sources of combustion particles (28, 29, 32). To gain further insight into the sources and processes contributing to the presence of MSA, we examined the mixing state of MSA-containing particles. The size-resolved, single-particle mixing state of MSA-containing particles is illustrated in Figure 2 for submicrometer and supermicrometer particles. While Figure 2 classifies MSA-containing particles into general particle types based on the most prevalent ion peaks, it is important to note that ∼76% and ∼45% of MSA-containing submicrometer particles, by number, were internally mixed with ammonium and sodium, respectively, and ∼83% and ∼71% of MSA-containing supermicrometer particles, by number, were internally mixed with ammonium and sodium, respectively. The prevalence of these two species with MSA is expected based on previous measurements of the mixing state of MSA-containing particles (7, 16). Additionally, ∼91% of MSA-containing submicrometer and ∼88% of MSAcontaining supermicrometer particles contained sulfate (m/z -97 (HSO4-)), which is expected since DMS and, to a lesser extent, MSA oxidation also produce sulfate (4, 10). In sum, ∼25% of all submicrometer and ∼22% of all supermicrometer particles, by number, contained sulfate. However, since ATOFMS measurements cannot distinguish biogenic and anthropogenic sulfate contributions to m/z -97, the relative contribution of biogenic sulfate cannot be inferred herein. MSA was mixed primarily with transported and aged particle types, and a higher percentage of submicrometer particles contained MSA (up to 67%) in comparison to the supermicrometer particles (up to 33%) likely due to the enhanced particle surface area in this size range (see Figure S3, which is discussed in further detail in the Supporting Information). Comparison of MSA-containing particles with all observed particle types for SOAR-1 revealed that some particle types contained little to no MSA while large fractions of other particle types contained MSA. No MSA was detected on submicrometer dust, and only ∼3% of the total observed supermicrometer dust contained MSA, which is expected since dust is locally produced unlike MSA (32). Interestingly, only small fractions of the measured carbonaceous particle types (e.g., aged OC, EC, and ECOC) were found to contain MSA. It is possible that the accumulation of secondary species particularly OC, which was the most commonly observed

carbonaceous particle type, on pre-existing particles during transport from the LA coast to Riverside could potentially mask the detection of MSA (29, 32). Certain particle types, however, were found to be enriched in MSA: approximately 37% and ∼20% of the total observed OC-V-sulfate submicrometer and supermicrometer particles, respectively, and ∼33% of aged sea salt submicrometer particles contained MSA. The OC-V-sulfate particle type is associated with residual fuel combustion primarily from ships (33–35). OCV-sulfate particles and aged sea salt are both coastally emitted along with DMS, which suggests that DMS oxidation products primarily partitioned onto coastal particle types that then underwent aging as they were transported inland. Therefore, MSA is a useful marker for segregating transported versus locally generated particles. Correlation of MSA with Other Species. During SOAR-1, MSA-containing particles were typically associated with fog processing markers at m/z -81 (HSO3-) and -111 (HOCH2SO3-) (see Figure S1 in the Supporting Information), which are the ion markers for the organosulfur compound hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) (23, 36, 37). Figure 3 illustrates the temporal trends observed for submicrometer MSA, V, sulfate, and HMS-containing particles and RH. The correlation between V and MSA-containing particles (R2 ) 0.57) can be attributed to the fact that they were both coastally emitted as well as the potential catalytic role of vanadium in enhancing MSA on particles described in the next section. Submicrometer particles containing MSA and sulfate were also correlated (R2 ) 0.68) implying a common source for both species. The correlation between MSA and HMS was very strong (R2 ) 0.84), which suggests the important role of aqueous phase chemistry in MSA formation (10) as well as the hygroscopic nature of MSA (4). Previous studies have shown HMS tracking RH during stagnant fog events (37); however, HMS was not correlated with RH during this study suggesting that the formation of HMS was not due to local increases in RH. HMS was instead correlated with MSA suggesting that MSA-containing particles had undergone aqueous phase processing either coastally or during transport to Riverside. Role of Vanadium in MSA Formation. Vanadium is one of the most common metals observed in Riverside, particularly during coastal transport conditions (3, 29). Vanadium is used to catalyze the oxidation of sulfur species such as VOL. 44, NO. 5, 2010 / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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FIGURE 3. Temporal profile of the fractions of submicrometer MSA- (red line), HMS- (green line), sulfate- (black line), and V- (yellow line) containing particles. Relative humidity (RH) is also shown (dashed blue line).

FIGURE 4. The average peak area of MSA (m/z -95) for MSA-containing submicrometer particle types mixed with V (light blue triangles) and submicrometer particles containing no V (orange triangles) are shown in the top panel. The average peak area of MSA on supermicrometer particles containing V (dark blue diamonds) and containing no V (red diamonds) are shown in the bottom panel. The vertical bars correspond to 95% confidence intervals associated with the peak areas. S(IV) (38) and DMS (39) under industrial conditions. To better understand the observed correlation between vanadium and MSA-containing particles described above, the relationship between MSA and vanadium was further investigated. MSAcontaining particles internally mixed with vanadium were separated from those not mixed with vanadium (see Figure S4 in the Supporting Information), and the amount of MSA on each particle type was compared by averaging ion peak areas. The peak area of a particular m/z can be related to the relative amount of the corresponding chemical species on each particle type (40, 41); Figure 4 shows a comparison for the major particle types detected during the study. During the laser desorption/ionization process, variations in ion intensity can occur depending on the chemical matrix of the particle (40). It is important to note that the particles shown in Figure 4 have been separated into different matrices, based on general particle type, and the MSA ion intensities are only compared for the same chemical matrix. Furthermore, vanadium represents a small mass fraction of the total particle mass (34) so its presence or absence has a negligible effect on the overall chemical matrix. As shown in Figure 4, the peak area of MSA found on particles types that contained vanadium was, in general, ∼3× larger when compared to the same particle types not containing vanadium adding strong support that vanadium is acting as a catalyst for the formation of MSA. Another factor that must be considered is that the increased amount of MSA on particles internally 1570

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mixed with vanadium could be solely due to the fact that both species were emitted along the coast leading to increased time for MSA formation to occur on these particles during transport to Riverside. However, if this were the case, then it would be expected that other coastally emitted particle types such as aged sea salt would also have higher amounts of MSA present regardless of whether the particles were internally mixed with vanadium or not. As shown in Figure 4, the particles, including aged sea salt, internally mixed with vanadium had higher levels of MSA. This shows that transport time is not the only factor leading to enriched MSA in particles. Residual fuel also contains high levels of iron (42), which is known to catalyze sulfur oxidation in the aqueous phase (43). Because the ionization potential for vanadium is much lower (6.75 eV for V vs 7.90 eV for Fe) (44) and hence the ATOFMS sensitivity for vanadium is higher than for iron, the possibility that iron is actually present and playing a role in catalyzing MSA formation rather than vanadium cannot be ruled out. However, these results show that different particle types emitted by specific anthropogenic sources, in this case residual fuel burning from ships, enhance MSA and, potentially, sulfate production in atmospheric particles. Atmospheric Implications. These measurements reveal how high biological oceanic activity can impact aerosol chemistry in an inland, urban environment. Periods when high levels of oceanic biological activity were observed correlated with high levels of MSA at an inland location, particularly on

particles containing vanadium. Past measurements have primarily examined the influence of MSA on aerosols in clean marine environments. Our measurements, however, show that MSA can also condense onto anthropogenic particle types as well. Future studies at multiple sampling locations spaced along a trajectory from the LA coast to inland locations should be conducted to further investigate how the mixing state of MSAcontaining particles evolves in urban locations. Previous ATOFMS studies have demonstrated the evolution of particle mixing state within the LA Basin; however, time periods influenced by high levels of oceanic biological activity were not investigated (32). This study shows how anthropogenic aerosols can influence the atmospheric processing of biogenically emitted sulfur species. Enhanced production of MSA has been observed for reactions between MSIA(aq) and Fe(III) (45); however, little is known about the ability of anthropogenic emissions to influence the processing of ambient biogenic sulfur emissions. This study demonstrates the possible catalytic abilities of vanadium to enhance MSA formation; vanadium has also been shown to enhance the conversion of anthropogenically produced SO2 to sulfate in a recent single-particle study (33). Typically, biogenic and anthropogenic sources are considered separately when describing aerosol and air pollution chemistry; however, this study highlights the importance of including anthropogenic aerosols from sources such as ships when estimating the production of MSA and sulfate in coastal and urban environments. Finally, both MSA and sulfate strongly influence particle hygroscopicity meaning that the enhanced production of either of these species by anthropogenic particle types could have significant implications for cloud droplet formation in both marine and inland environments.

Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge Paul Ziemann (UC Riverside), Ken Docherty (CU, Boulder), the UC Riverside Air Pollution Research Center, and the entire Prather group, particularly Laura Shields, for assistance during the SOAR-1 field campaign. The authors also thank Meagan McKay and the Goldstein group (UC Berkeley) for providing wind direction, wind speed, and relative humidity data. This work was supported by the California Air Resources Board (CARB 04-336). K.P. has been funded in part by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2006-2009) and an EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship (2005-2006). The EPA has not officially endorsed this publication, and the views expressed herein may not reflect the views of the EPA. The authors gratefully acknowledge the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) for the provision of the HYSPLIT transport and dispersion model and/or READY website (http:// www.arl.noaa.gov/ready.html) used in this publication. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) (http://www. sccoos.org) Automated Shore Stations Program for the provision of chlorophyll data used in this publication.

Supporting Information Available Representative positive and negative ion mass spectrum of MSA-containing particles, trends in chlorophyll concentrations from the SIO Pier and Newport Beach stations, a comparison of the size distributions for all hit particles and MSA-containing particles, and a comparison of MSAcontaining particles mixed with and without V are shown. This information is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org/.

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